Psychology of Change

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https://doi.org/10.7146/qs.v9i2.145036

Abstract

This interview is a slightly modified transcript from the second Psyche Talk, hosted at the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University, February 15, 2024. Psyche Talks are hosted as biannual events, where prominent psychological researchers are invited to discuss fundamental questions about the nature and subject matter of psychology through an interview-based format. The focus of this interview is on how people make sense of change on the personal, social and environmental level and the role of symbolic resources in making meaning of and transitioning through rupturing changes. In this interview, Professor of Sociocultural Psychology, Tania Zittoun, is interviewed by Associate Professor of Sociocultural Psychology, Sarah Awad.

Author Biographies

Sarah Awad, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University

Sarah H. Awad is Associate Professor of sociocultural psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark. Her research interests are in the interrelation between the fields of cultural psychology, art, and social development. She has published works exploring the processes by which individuals develop through times of life ruptures and social change using art and storytelling. She also studies visual culture and its influence on identity and collective memory. Her books include Remembering as a cultural process, (co-authored, Springer, 2019), Street Art of Resistance (co-authored, Palgrave, 2017), and The Psychology of Imagination (co-authored, Info Age, 2017).

Tania Zittoun, Institute of Psychology and Education, University of Neuchâtel

Tania Zittoun is Professor in sociocultural psychology at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). She studies learning and development in the lifecourse. Her theoretical work draws on semiotic cultural psychology, psychoanalysis, and the social sciences, and addresses imagination and arts in human development. Her current empirical work addresses the development of adults via online diaries, and of older persons at a regional scale. She is Associate Editor of Culture & Psychology, and her last monographs include La fabrique de l'intégration (co-authored, Anthropos, 2020) and The pleasure of thinking (CUP; 2024).

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2024-04-26

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Awad, S., & Zittoun, T. (2024). Psychology of Change. Qualitative Studies, 9(2), 1–35. https://doi.org/10.7146/qs.v9i2.145036

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024): Special Issue - Psyche Talk #2

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